Match roll with holder



Jan. 12, M A. BELL MATCH ROLL WITH HOLDER Filed Jan. 16, 1934 Patented Jan. 12, 1937 Morris A. Bell, Oshkosh, was assignor t'o The Bell Machine Company, Oshkosh; Wis.

Application January 16, 1934 Serial No. 706,895 40mins." o1. 20e+29i This invention relates, to match packages. and particularly to a match package employing paper or fiber board match combs.

The use of match combs in flat arrangement .in match packs or match books is of course, well known.

The general object of the present invention is the provision} of a match package in which the match comb is spirally rolled, forming a substantially solid base portion, which may be suitably supported in a holder, and a brush portion constituted by the individual matches.

A more specific object of the invention is to provide a holder having a seat for supporting a match pack of the type described, the seat being shaped to conform the base of the rolled match comb in such manner as to displace the successive helices of match heads in stepped relation, whereby the picking off of an individual match from the match roll is facilitated.

Other objects of the invention will appear as the following description of a preferred and practical embodiment thereof proceeds.

In the drawing which accompanies and forms a part of the following specification and throughout the several figures of which, the same characters of reference have been employed to denote identical parts:

Figure 1 is a view partly in elevation and partly in section of a preferred form of the invention;

Figure 2 is a perspective view of a match comb in the fiat;

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the same comb rolled spirally;

Figure 4 is a side elevation partly in section of a modified form of the invention; and

Figure 5 is a cross section taken along the line 55 of Figure 4.

Referring now in detail to the several figures and first adverting to that form of the invention shown in Figures 1 to 3, inclusive, the numeral I represents a match comb of usual construction consisting of a paper or fiber board strip slitted to form parallel match shanks 2 and having the match heads 3. On account of the bulging nature of the match heads the individual matches are arranged in slight alternate displacement as shown, and as is customary in the art.

The match roll of the present invention is formed by winding the match comb l spirally as indicated in Figure 2, the winding being preferably carried to the degree of tightness at which the base 4 or uncut portion of the match comb is formed into a solid base 5. The matches, be-

cause of the. displacement necessitated byf'their bulging heads, form a slightly flared brushelike'- group asi indicated at 6 in Figure 1, the shanks; of the matches adjacent the heads being slightly 1 spaced apart facilitating the picking of indivi d 5.;

ual matches from the comb. The tightly wound base is preferably snugly seated in a socket l' formed .in a' holder 8. 'The holderjmay have any desiredshape. In the preferred form of the invention, it is made to represent a barrel, but 0 this is of course, a mere matter of choice or caprice.

The bottom of the socket may be made convex as indicated at 9 in order to conform the base of the match roll when the latter is seated upon 5 it, in such a way as to dispose the heads 3 of the matches in a convex arrangement in which each helix of match heads is at a different elevation in relation to the adjacent helices. This facilitates the segregation of the matches in- 20 dividually from the general mass of matches in the act of tearing them from the match roll. The same effect would be attained by having the bottom of the socket stepped as indicated at H in Figure 4. 25

The edge of the holder bounding the upper end of the socket preferably lies close to the match roll and acts as a fulcrum against which the outer roll of matches is bent in tearing off a match. This assures a neat and uniform 30 severance of the matches, for those of the inner helices which do not make direct contact with the said shoulder will be deflected against the stubs of matches of the outer row which have already been torn off. 35

The base of the match roll may be adhesively applied to the walls of the socket l or may be retained therein simply by friction.

The matches may either be of the safety kind or of the strike anywhere type. If they are 40 safety matches, it is preferred to have some portion of the holder coated with the igniting substance. This may conveniently be applied to the bottom of the barrel shown in Figure 1 which will necessitate that the matches be ig- 45 nited at a point as far removed as possible from the match roll, thus averting the risk of the match roll being ignited.

It will be understood from the above description that the invention resides primarily in the broad concept of winding the match comb into a spiral sheaf of matches, the lower or unslitted portion of which forms a solid base, and in supporting the match rolls so formed in a suitable holder, and that the invention concerns itself 5 only secondarily with the shape of the holder and with the specific means for seating the match roll.

What I claim is:

1. A match package comprising a holder having a socket formed therein, a slitted match comb spirally rolled to form the unslitted portion thereof into a substantially solid base fitting snugly in said socket, the depth of said socket adjacent the wall thereof being substantially the same as the width of the said unslitted portion of the comb, and the stems of the matches projecting beyond said socket wall, whereby the same may be individually detached from the comb.

2. A match package comprising a holder having a socket formed therein, aslitted match comb spirally rolled to form the unslitted portion thereof into a substantially solid base fitting snugly in said socket, the depth of said socket adjacent the wall thereof being substantially the same as the width of the said unslitted portion of the comb, and the stemsof'the matches projecting beyond said socket wall, whereby the same may be individually detached from the comb, the bottom of the socket being dome shaped for correspondingly shaping the upper end of the rolled comb.

3. A match package comprising a holder having a socket formed therein, a slitted match comb rolled to form the unslitted portion into a firm base fixed in the socket, the free end of the rolled comb having the heads of the matches arranged substantially to form a dome, the top edge of the socket forming a fulcrum over which the outer row of matches may be broken to facilitate detachment thereof, and the broken end of said base resulting from the detachment of matches therefrom forming fulcrums over which the matches of the inner rows may be broken successively to facilitate detachment thereof.

4. A match package comprising a holder having a socket formed therein, a slitted match comb rolled to form the unslitted portion into a firm base fixed in the socket, the depth of the socket adjacent the wall thereof being substantially the same as the width of the unslitted portion of said comb, the free end of the rolled comb having the heads of the matches arranged substantially to form a dome, the top edge of the socket forming a fulcrum over which the outer row of matches may be broken to facilitate detachment thereof, and the broken end of said base resulting from the detachment of matches therefrom forming fulcrums over which the matches of the inner rows may be broken successively to facilitate detachment thereof.

MORRIS A. BELL. 

